Special 'humanitarian train' to collect items for flood victims

The Presidential Secretariat and the Railway Department have jointly organized a special humanitarian train to collect relief material to be distributed to those who were affected by the recent floods and landslides, the government news portal reported.

The special train will leave the Kankesanturai Station tomorrow (June 10) at 6.30 a.m. and will stop at Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Madawachchiya, Anuradhapura, Maho, Ganewatta, Kurunegala, Polgahawela, Alawwa, Ambepussa, Meerigama, Veyangoda, Gampaha, Ganemulla, Ragama, Hunupitiya, Kelaniya, Dematagoda, Maradana, Colombo Fort, Mount Lavinia, Moratuwa and Panadura.

 The relief items which the affected people need are : Kitchen utensils, cleaning equipment, dry rations, clothes for school children and adults, bed sheets, pillow covers, towels, women's sanitary products, mosquito nets, Dettol, Harpic and soap, medical drugs, school stationery, toys and books for libraries.

 The relief items collected through this humanitarian mission will be distributed among the affected people, the President’s Media Division said.